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DOE/CF-016 Volume 3 Department of Energy FY 2008 Congressional Budget Request Energy Supply and Conservation Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Nuclear Energy Legacy Management February 2007 Volume 3 Office of Chief Financial Officer DOE/CF-016 Volume 3 Department of Energy FY 2008 Congressional Budget Request Energy Supply and Conservation Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Nuclear Energy Legacy Management February 2007 Volume 3 Office of Chief Financial Officer Printed with soy ink on recycled paper Energy Supply Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Nuclear Energy Legacy Management Energy Supply Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Nuclear Energy Legacy Management Volume 3 Table of Contents Page Appropriation Account Summary........................................................................................................... 3 Strategic Overview.................................................................................................................................. 5 Appropriation Language ......................................................................................................................... 9 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy ............................................................................................ 11 Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability .......................................................................................... 467 Nuclear Energy ................................................................................................................................... 517 Legacy Management........................................................................................................................... 641 Environment, Safety and Health (Non-Defense)................................................................................ 655 The Department of Energy’s Congressional Budget justification is available on the Office of Chief Financial Officer/CFO homepage at http://www.cfo.doe.gov/budget. Department of Energy/ Energy Supply and Conservation Page 1 FY 2008 Congressional Budget Page 2 Department of Energy Appropriation Account Summary (dollars in thousands - OMB Scoring) FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2008 Request vs. Current Cong. CR Cong. FY 2007 Request Approp. Request Rate Request $ % Discretionary Summary By Appropriation Energy And Water Development, And Related Agencies Appropriation Summary: Energy Programs Energy supply and Conservation.................................. 1,812,397 1,923,361 1,817,487 2,187,943 +264,582 +13.8% Fossil energy programs Clean coal technology............................................... -20,000 —— -5,000 -58,000 -58,000 N/A Fossil energy research and development.................. 580,669 469,686 558,204 566,801 +97,115 +20.7% Naval petroleum and oil shale reserves..................... 21,285 18,810 18,275 17,301 -1,509 -8.0% Elk Hills school lands fund......................................... 83,520 —— 2,000 —— —— —— Strategic petroleum reserve....................................... 207,340 155,430 155,430 331,609 +176,179 +113.3% Northeast home heating oil reserve........................... —— 4,950 4,950 5,325 +375 +7.6% Strategic petroleum account...................................... -43,000 —— —— —— —— —— Total, Fossil energy programs...................................... 829,814 648,876 733,859 863,036 +214,160 +33.0% Uranium enrichment D&D fund..................................... 556,606 579,368 556,525 573,509 -5,859 -1.0% Energy information administration................................. 85,314 89,769 85,185 105,095 +15,326 +17.1% Non-Defense environmental cleanup............................ 349,687 310,358 309,946 180,937 -129,421 -41.7% Uranium Sales and Remediation.................................. —— —— —— —— —— —— Science......................................................................... 3,632,044 4,101,710 3,605,000 4,397,876 +296,166 +7.2% Nuclear waste disposal................................................. 148,500 156,420 141,511 202,454 +46,034 +29.4% Departmental administration......................................... 120,595 128,825 102,582 148,548 +19,723 +15.3% Inspector general.......................................................... 41,580 45,507 41,784 47,732 +2,225 +4.9% Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program......... —— —— —— 8,390 +8,390 N/A Total, Energy Programs................................................... 7,576,537 7,984,194 7,393,879 8,715,520 +731,326 +9.2% Atomic Energy Defense Activities National nuclear security administration: Weapons activities..................................................... 6,355,297 6,407,889 6,412,001 6,511,312 +103,423 +1.6% Defense nuclear nonproliferation............................... 1,619,179 1,726,213 1,620,901 1,672,646 -53,567 -3.1% Naval reactors........................................................... 781,605 795,133 780,343 808,219 +13,086 +1.6% Office of the administrator.......................................... 354,223 386,576 341,991 394,656 +8,080 +2.1% Total, National nuclear security administration.............. 9,110,304 9,315,811 9,155,236 9,386,833 +71,022 +0.8% Environmental and other defense activities: Defense environmental cleanup................................. 6,129,729 5,390,312 5,551,812 5,363,905 -26,407 -0.5% Other defense activities............................................. 635,578 717,788 638,129 763,974 +46,186 +6.4% Defense nuclear waste disposal................................ 346,500 388,080 346,163 292,046 -96,034 -24.7% Total, Environmental & other defense activities............ 7,111,807 6,496,180 6,536,104 6,419,925 -76,255 -1.2% Cerro grande fire activities............................................ 742 —— —— —— —— —— Total, Atomic Energy Defense Activities.......................... 16,222,853 15,811,991 15,691,340 15,806,758 -5,233 -0.0% Power marketing administrations: Southeastern power administration............................... 5,544 5,723 5,544 6,463 +740 +12.9% Southwestern power administration.............................. 29,864 31,539 29,864 30,442 -1,097 -3.5% Western area power administration.............................. 231,652 212,213 212,213 201,030 -11,183 -5.3% Falcon & Amistad operating & maintenance fund......... 2,665 2,500 2,500 2,500 —— —— Colorado River Basins.................................................. —— -23,000 —— -23,000 —— —— Total, Power marketing administrations........................... 269,725 228,975 250,121 217,435 -11,540 -5.0% Federal energy regulatory commission............................ —— —— —— —— —— —— Subtotal, Energy And Water Development and Related Agencies............................................................................. 24,069,115 24,025,160 23,335,340 24,739,713 +714,553 +3.0% Uranium enrichment D&D fund discretionary payments... -446,490 -452,000 —— -463,000 -11,000 -2.4% Excess fees and recoveries, FERC................................. -50,015 -19,221 —— -17,462 +1,759 +9.2% Total, Discretionary Funding.............................................. 23,572,610 23,553,939 23,335,340 24,259,251 +705,312 +3.0% Appropriation Account SummaryPage 3 FY 2008 Congressional Budget Request Page 4 Strategic Performance Overview The Overviews in these budget requests will describe, Mission, Benefits, Strategic Themes, and Funding by Strategic Goal. These items together put the appropriation in perspective. The Annual Performance Results and Targets, Means and Strategies, and Validation and Verification sections address how the goals will be achieved and how performance will be measured. Finally, the Overviews will address R&D Investment Criteria, and Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART). Strategic Context Following publication of the Administration’s National Energy Policy, the Department developed a Strategic Plan that defines its mission, five strategic themes for accomplishing that mission, and 16 strategic goals to support the strategic goals. Each appropriation has developed quantifiable goals to support the strategic goals. Thus, the “performance cascade” is the following: Department Mission Æ Strategic Theme Æ Strategic Goal Æ GPRA Unit Program Goal (GPRA Unit) Æ Annual Targets Æ Milestones The performance cascade accomplishes two things. First, it ties major activities for each program to successive goals and, ultimately, to DOE’s mission. This helps ensure the Department focuses its resources on fulfilling its mission. Second, the cascade allows DOE to track progress against quantifiable goals and to tie resources to each goal at any level in the cascade. Thus, the cascade facilitates the integration of budget and performance information in support of the GPRA and the President’s Management Agenda (PMA). To provide a concrete link between budget, performance, and reporting, the Department developed a “GPRA1 unit”concept. Within DOE, a GPRA Unit defines a major activity or group of activities that support the core mission and aligns resources with specific goals. Each GPRA Unit has completed or will complete a Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART). A unique program goal was developed for each GPRA unit. A numbering scheme has been established for tracking performance and reporting.2 R&D Investment Criteria Another important component of our strategic planning – and the President’s Management Agenda – is use of the
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